Continuous Charge Distribution

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Continuous Charge Distribution: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as, Continuous Charge Distribution, Line Charge Distribution, Surface Charge Distribution & Volume Charge Distribution etc.

Important Questions on Continuous Charge Distribution

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A spherical conducting shell of inner radius  r 1 and outer radius r2 has a charge Q. A charge q is placed at the centre of the shell.
What is the surface charge density on the (i) inner surface, (ii) outer surface of the shell?

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Two isolated hollow spheres of radius 2R and R are charged to V volts and V2 volts respectively. Now the smaller sphere is inserted into the bigger sphere such that net charge on each sphere reamin same, then the potential difference between the two spheres becomes Vn. Find n.

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Describe linear charge density. Write its SI unit.

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What is volume charge distribution?

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There is a conducting shell of inner radius 8 cm and outer radius 10 cm. Inside this shell, there is a charge of (+5μC) at a distance of 5 cm from the centre of the shell, then the force experienced by a charge (+10μC) at a distance 12 cm from the centre is k=14πε0

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Two conducting spheres of radii r1 and r2 have equal surface charge densities. The ratio of their charges is ___.

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Explain the term volume charge density. Write its SI unit.

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Explain the term surface charge density. Write its Sl unit.

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Find the total charge on a thin disc of radius R, if its surface charge density varies with distance r from centre as σ=σ0Rr

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What will be the potential difference between two points A and B in front of an infinitely long line of charge of linear charge density λ, as shown in figure ?


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A straight infinitely long cylinder of radius R0=10cm is uniformly charged with a surface charge density σ=+1012C/m2. The cylinder serves as a source of electrons, with the velocity of the emitted electrons perpendicular to its surface. Electron velocity must be ×105m/s to ensure that electrons can move away, from the axis of the cylinder to a distance greater than r=103m.

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Two metal spheres, one of radius R and the other of radius 2R , both have same surface charge density σ . If they are brought in contact and separated, then the new surface charge density on each of the sphere are respectively

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The surface density of charge on the surface of a charged conductor in the air is 26.5 μC m-2. Then the outward force per unit area of the charged conductor is ε0=8.85×10-12 C2 N-1 m-2

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An infinite long line charge of charge per unit length λ is passing one of the edge of a cube. Length of edge of the cube is l. (see figure)

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The figure shows two large, closely placed, parallel, nonconducting sheets with identical (positive) uniform surface charge densities, and a sphere with a uniform (positive) volume charge density. Four points marked as 1, 2, 3 and 4 are shown in the space in between. If E1, E2, E3 and E4 are magnitude of net electric fields at these points respectively then:

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A solid sphere of radius R1 and volume charge density ρ=ρ0r is enclosed by a hollow sphere of radius R2 with negative surface charge density σ , such that the total charge in the system is zero, ρ0 is a positive constant and r is the distance from the centre of the sphere. The ratio R2R1 is 

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When a charge of amount Q is given to an isolated metal plate X of surface area A, its surface charge density becomes σ1. When an isolated identical plate Y is brought closer to X, the surface charge density on X becomes σ2. When Y is earthed, the surface charge density becomes σ3. Then -

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Two mutually perpendicular infinitely long lines of charge having charge per unit length as λ1 and λ2 are located in air at a distance a from each other. The force of interaction between them is

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A thin glass rod is bent into a semicircle of radius r. A charge +Q is uniformly distributed along the upper half and a charge -Q is uniformly distributed along the lower half, as show in diagram. The electric field E at P, the centre of the semicircle, is

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A solid sphere of radius R1 and volume charge density ρ=ρ0r is enclosed by a hollow sphere of radius R2 with negative surface charge density σ, such that the total charge in the system is zero, ρ0 is a positive constant and r is the distance from the centre of sphere. The ratio R2R1 is